CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 19, 2026
REMEMBER REPARATIONS FOR DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES AND OTHER BLACK PEOPLE? WE HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT THEM FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS SUING THE CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS FOR GIVING REPARATIONS TO BLACK RESIDENTS WHO CLAIM THEY OR THEIR ANCESTORS WERE HARMED BY DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING LAWS FROM 1919 TO 1969. EVANSTON DOLED OUT $5 MILLION TO 680 BLACK RESIDENTS. PROPONENTS HOPE TO EXTEND REPARATIONS PROGRAMS TO OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. OF COURSE THEY DO.
WE’VE HEARD THESE ARGUMENTS BEFORE. RACISM IS AMERICA’S NATIONAL SIN. PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT SLAVES SHOULD GET MONEY ANYWAY.
IF PEOPLE CAN PROVE THEY WERE HARMED BY LAWS AND ORDINANCES THAT KEPT THEM FROM BUYING HOUSES IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY WANTED TO LIVE, THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED IN SOME WAY, BUT IT WON’T STOP THERE. LIBERALS WANT TO GIVE REPARATIONS TO VIRTUALLY EVERY BLACK PERSON IN AMERICA.
THAT IS A VERY BAD IDEA BECAUSE IT WILL LEAD TO UNIVERSAL REPARATIONS FOR THE FLIMSIEST OF REASONS . IT MUST BE STOPPED NOW OR WE WILL COME TO REGRET IT. IF IT GETS TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL UNDER A DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS THERE WILL BE NO STOPPING IT AND OUR ENORMOUS DEBT WILL FURTHER INCREASE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
